Hi, i play the gilbert descending sixies with DSX but with DWPS, just because it feels too weird for me starting a descending pattern with the first note being an upstroke.
Same for ascending but in reverse, i use USX but with an UWPS.
So it seems contrary to the cracking the code logic, but it feels good for me.
Does anyone does the same in some way?
Cheers.
I think you might have some of the terminology here a little mixed up. Typically, Gilbert Sixes (the way Gilbert does them) always start with a downstroke, regardless if they’re ascending or descending. He plays pretty neutral, as far as pickslant goes, and the entire thing is DSX (the string changes are always after a downstroke).
DSX (downstroke escape) with DWPS (downward pickslanting) doesn’t really work - the downstroke would slide off the string fairly easy (low resistance), but the upstroke would snag on it (high resistance, called “garage spikes” here). That prevents alternate picking from working well. And the opposite is true for USX with UWPS - upstrokes now have little resistance, downstrokes get garage spikes.
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